Hello everyone, my name is Lana CHASE and i am from Cowley County, Kansas. I am looking for the Parents of my gggrandfather Hiram Baruch CHASE. Here is the info I have on Hiram to help in the search for his Parents. Hiram Baruch Chase was born on June 10, 1829 somewhere in Virginia. Hiram moved as a youth to Ohio and then on to Iowa by May 1845. This would of made him almost 17 yrs. old. Did he move on his own?? I find Hiram in the 1850 Iowa Wapello co., census living with the KNIGHT family. The KNIGHT's are his future wifes Uncle and Aunt. He is listed as 21 yrs. and occupation as a farmer. So where is his parents? If they were alive wouldn't he be living with them? Or did he move because he was old enough to be on his own? Hiram married Almira TROTTER on Nov. 17, 1853 in Wapello Co., Iowa. They had several children. I have the names and dates if needed. Hiram is listed in the Jasper Co., Iowa military records as enlisted on Aug. 22, 1862 and discharged on Oct. 22 1863 as disabled. Hiram then moved with his wife and two of his children to Port Kenyon, Humbolt co., California in Oct. of 1876. This is where he lived out the rest of his life. He died on Sept. 27, 1887 in Port Kenyon. Was buried in Ferndale cemetery. His obit doesn't mention his parents at all. Neither does his death certificate. As you see i have lots of info on Hiram. I am hoping that someone else is researching this CHASE line. I tried to do some detective work and look at the cesus for Virginia, Ohio and Iowa to find a common first name. It was all too confusing to me and i have a limited access to the info or there just wasn't a census record in the free sites. If anyone can help I would greatly apprieciate it. Thanks to all of you and I must say all of you are not apprieciated enough for what you do in helping other. Of corse I believe CHASE's are special people with a giving heart. Good luck to all on your CHASE search. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com